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58 French Dioceses have No Ordinations This Year - Catholic Herald+++

Hold Your Fire on Celibacy – Fr. Carter Griffin, The Catholic Thing

Good-bye, Dad – Patrick Coffin, The Dispatch via The Catholic World Report

Secularism & Religious Tolerance: Singapore vs. Australia – Jean Elizabeth Seah, Mercatornet

It's Almost Here! The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale! – Meghan Ashley Styling

My Appetite for Information is Endless: Is Curiosity Bad? – Fr. John Bartunek L.C., Catholic Exchange

New Website: An Early Christian’s Perspective on the Mysteries of the Rosary – Mystics of the Church

The Culture of Sexual Freedom is Not True Freedom – Fr. John Catoir J.C.D., Catholic Stand

Islamization in the Schools – William Kilpatrick Ph.D., Crisis Magazine

The Anti-Integralist Alasdair MacIntyre – Caleb Bernacchio, Church Life Journal

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Palestinian Christians celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at Holy Family Church in Gaza City on March 31, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group.

People Explain ‘Why I Go to Mass’

‘Why go to Mass on Sundays? It is not enough to answer that it is a precept of the Church. … We Christians need to participate in Sunday Mass because only with the grace of Jesus, with his living presence in us and among us, can we put into practice his commandment, and thus be his credible witnesses.’ —Pope Francis